The situation: I bought a 2nd monitor tonight to replace one that crapped out. My primary monitor was an ASUS VS248H-P. Tonight I bought a Samsung S24D390HL. My video card is a NVIDIA GEForce 560 ti. Prior to this setup my 2nd monitor worked just like I wanted it to. I have a program from ASUS that would let me extend and turn off/on the 2nd monitor. When I installed the Samsung, it installed as #2. I want to use it as #1. I want it to by my primary for everything.
Windows lists it as #2, even when I go to control panel NVIDIA settings, or use windows, yes I can drag the 2 to the left of 1 and it makes it my main. My issue is that when I turn off extended display, since the ASUS is listed as #1, it shuts off #2 and moves the desktop over to #1.
I have searched everywhere on how to change it so Windows 7 recognizes my Samsung as #1 and Asus as #2. I have searched for programs to just be able to shut off extended display and allowing my Samsung to stay on with the desktop instead of the Asus. No luck at all. I tried reinstalling video drivers, monitor drivers.
It boils down to this. I want to use my new monitor (Win7 listed #2) as my main with the option to turn on/off my older (Win7 listed #1) and use it as an extended desktop.
Please help! Thank you.
Carlos
Windows lists it as #2, even when I go to control panel NVIDIA settings, or use windows, yes I can drag the 2 to the left of 1 and it makes it my main. My issue is that when I turn off extended display, since the ASUS is listed as #1, it shuts off #2 and moves the desktop over to #1.
I have searched everywhere on how to change it so Windows 7 recognizes my Samsung as #1 and Asus as #2. I have searched for programs to just be able to shut off extended display and allowing my Samsung to stay on with the desktop instead of the Asus. No luck at all. I tried reinstalling video drivers, monitor drivers.
It boils down to this. I want to use my new monitor (Win7 listed #2) as my main with the option to turn on/off my older (Win7 listed #1) and use it as an extended desktop.
Please help! Thank you.
Carlos